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I Corner Filling.

No. 240,438. Patented April 19,188I.

ILFETERS, FHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. wASmNGToN D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DUNCAN MGFEE, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

CORNER-FILLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,438, dated April19, 1881.

Application filed October 25, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUNCAN MCFEE, of the city of Montreal, in thedistrict of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Corner-Fillings; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same.

My invention, while applicable in all cases in which two verticalsurfaces or planes make an internal angle with a third, is speciallyadapted to, and intended for, the internal angles of skirtings or basesof rooms, of staircases, window-linings, &o., and, while efiicientlyfulfilling its purpose, may be made to improve the appearance of thecorner in which it has been set. It may be briefly described as anequilateral triangular plate, formed with aregular internal curve andconcave edges, secured in place by bending down the points forming theapices of the triangle; but for full comprehension of theinventionreference must be had to the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1represents my invention as applied to a staircase. Fig. 2 is a detailfront view of a plate, and Fig. 3 a side view of same with cornersturned down.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is the corner-filling, of the shape shown in Fig. 2-viz., anequilateral triangle with concave sides a a-cut or stamped out of thinmetal or other suitable material, and bent, by swaging or pressing indies, into the shape shown in Fig. 3, so that a line drawn from eitherof the apices through the center will give an equal and the same curve.

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This plate is preferably secured, after having been set in place, asshown in Fig. 1, by turning down the points A, as shown in Fig. 3, thesepoints being elongated to a considerable extent where they have to passthrough carpeting, &c., less if only needed to be pressed into softwood, and still less when the material to which they are to be securedis hard wood. The concavity of the edges allows the plates or corners tofit so closely against each of the surfaces as to make a dust-proofjoint.

In cases in which the vertical meeting surfaces are to each other at anangle greater than a right angle, the shape of the plate A will besomewhat modified and the upper angle be made obtuse.

It will thus be seen that by my invention the difficulty and trouble ofremoving the dirt, dust, &c., which will constantly accumulate incorners, is completely obviated, and the operation of cleaning theserendered as easy as ordinary work, the broom passing over mycorner-filler with as much effect as over a plane surface.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is as follows:

The corner-fillin g substantially as herein described, oonsisting of atriangular plate having turned-in points or apices, whereby the platemay be secured in place in a corner, as set forth.

Montreal, 20th day of October, A. D. 1880.

DUN CAN MOFEE.

Witnesses:

FRAS. HY. REYNOLDS, R. ARTHUR KELLOND.

